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19:48 28th January 2010
Apple has unveiled the much anticipated iPad, its touchscreen device that can be used to watch movies, play games and browse the internet.
Speaking from San Francisco, Steve Jobs, the company's chief executive, described the tablet PC as a "third category" between laptops and smartphones.
"What this device does is extraordinary. It is the best browsing experience you have ever had," said Mr Jobs.
The device, which will cost between $499 and $829 in the US, has a 9.7-inch multi-touch display, allowing users to type directly on to the screen, as well as manipulate images and control the action in games with their fingers.
In other news, a group of key figures behind the development of MP3 have launched MusicDNA, a new music file format that will offer videos, lyrics, artworks, blogs as well as songs.
"We can deliver a file that is extremely searchable and can carry up to 32GB of extra information in the file itself," said Dagfinn Bach, who worked on the first MP3 player in 1993.
Written by Derek Oldman
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